TheStreet Ratings Group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

Core Molding Technologies ( CMT) is one of the companies that pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today. Core Molding Technologies was up $0.40 (3.0%) to $13.68 on average volume. Throughout the day, 17,166 shares of Core Molding Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 12,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $13.25-$13.70 after having opened the day at $13.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.28.

Core Molding Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures sheet molding compounds (SMC) and molds of fiberglass reinforced plastics. Core Molding Technologies has a market cap of $106.7 million and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 3.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are no analysts who rate Core Molding Technologies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Core Molding Technologies as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

Highlights from TheStreet Ratings analysis on CMT go as follows:

The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 7.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 33.0%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.

Powered by its strong earnings growth of 57.14% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 50.21% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, CMT should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.

The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Chemicals industry. The net income increased by 58.6% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $1.59 million to $2.52 million.

CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has not demonstrated a clear trend in earnings over the past 2 years, making it difficult to accurately predict earnings for the coming year. During the past fiscal year, CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES reported lower earnings of $0.92 versus $1.12 in the prior year.